See Also: Nephrolithiasis(medicine)

Vaisya (iou) and Nephrolithiasis (medicine)


Vaisya (iou)



Vaisya noun. Also Vaishya. M17.

A member of the third of the four main Hindu castes.

Nephrolithiasis (medicine)


nephrolithiasis
<nephrology, urology> The presence of calculi in the kidney or collecting system.

The calculi are usually small (2-12mm) solid, crystalline, concretions that develop in the kidney and eventually pass through the genitourinary tract. Stones may be composed of calcium, phosphate or uric acid.